Libraries News and Events

UPDATED 3/17/20: EVENT POSTPONED Syracuse University will present a Digital Humanities Showcase as part of its sesquicentennial celebrations on March 24 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons of Bird Library.  A cross-disciplinary and cross-campus effort, the Showcase will include brief presentations of completed projects and in-process work by students, faculty ...

UPDATED 3/17/20: EVENT POSTPONED Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) will honor Syracuse University’s founding 150 years ago on March 24, also known as National Orange Day, with special exhibition tours and a pop-up exhibit.  Visitors of Bird Library on March 24 can experience five different University history exhibitions: 150 Years of Syracuse University in Maps ...

Syracuse University Libraries has acquired access to more than 45,000 e-book titles, copyright year 2017 and earlier, hosted on the JSTOR platform as part of an e-resource collections pilot. The JSTOR e-book package contains titles from many major university presses, including Harvard, Yale, University of California, University of Michigan, and Princeton, as well as other academic publishers in the social sciences, arts, humanities, ...

UPDATED 3/17/20: CONTEST POSTPONED Syracuse University Libraries is sponsoring a “love your Libraries” sticker contest. Students, faculty and staff are invited to submit original design entries for a Syracuse University Libraries sticker no larger than 4” x 4”. Original designs should be submitted as PDF file to libcom@syr.edu between March 1 and March 30. Designs can ...

Anne E. Rauh was recently promoted to head of Collections and Research Services at Syracuse University Libraries, after serving in the role in an interim basis since April 2019.  In this position, Rauh reports to the Associate Dean for Research Excellence, Scott Warren. As head of Collections and Research Services, Anne Rauh leads the Libraries’ department responsible for providing research services, collection ...

In honor of Syracuse University’s sesquicentennial, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center has released “150 Years of Tradition at Syracuse University: A Digital Exhibition.” The online exhibition mirrors the physical exhibition on the sixth floor of Bird Library, Special Collections Research Center, which is on display from September 2019 through June 2020. Both exhibitions ...

Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is hosting a special pop-up exhibit on the 6th floor of Bird Library on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 from 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm on the Black Arts Movement. It was designed to complement the Humanities Center’s Syracuse Symposium-sponsored lecture, “Black Music and Black Power in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter” by Dr. ...

The winter issue of Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature is now live via Wordgathering’s new website. This is the quarterly journal’s 52nd issue and the first under publication of the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach in Syracuse University’s Burton Blatt Institute (BBI), headquartered in the College of Law, and Syracuse University Libraries. Under the new Editor-in-Chief, Diane R. ...

UPDATED 3/17/20: IN-PERSON OFFICE HOURS CANCELED Brenna Helmstutler, librarian for School of Information Studies, will hold office hours spring 2020 semester from February 19 through April 24, 2020 as follows (excluding the week of March 16): Wednesdays, 10:00 am to 11:00 am in Hinds iCafe Thursdays, 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm in Hinds iCafe Those interested in research guidance ...

UPDATED 3/16/20: EVENT IS POSTPONED Syracuse University Libraries will host its annual Living Library event on Thursday, April 2 from noon to 5 p.m. in Bird Library. Patrons will have the opportunity to talk to “living books”—volunteers from the broader Syracuse University community representing a variety of cultural backgrounds and life experiences. Living books engage in ...